02823cam a2200337 4500 1235542186 TxAuBib 20240420120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781646142880 1646142888 B0BQ8MQKZV Amazon 4cb138fd-ef19-45db-b08c-0444223e3dce OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9510877 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Giang, Kristen Mai. Last Flight [Sunflower eLibrary eBook]. Levine Querido, 2023. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 47MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<strong>A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard<br /></strong><br /> On April 24, 1975 the last flight out of Saigon, Vietnam carried over 400 people to the United States, six days before Saigon's surrender to the North Vietnamese Army.<br /> <br /> Kristen Giang was a little girl, on that flight with family, and here in this story she shares all the emotions of the decision to flee from the perspective of someone eight years old; Playing a game of space-explorers to protect herself and her sister's eyes from tear gas; sneaking a stuffed animal into the family's overstuffed suitcase for comfort.<br /> <br /> Dow Phumiruk's tender illustrations let anyone feel the excitement and the ultimate hopefulness of this amazing true story.<br /> <br /> <strong>P R A I S E<br /></strong><br /> "Deeply touching... A tender and powerful portrait of a harrowing, historic event."<br /> <strong>—Booklist</strong><br /> <br /> "Mai Giang's sensory-filled prose gently and evocatively communicates a personal wartime story. Phumiruk's clean, soft illustrations, done in Photoshop and pencil, bring to life a gamut of emotions...A moving and illuminating story of family, war, courage, and newfound home."<br /> <strong>—Kirkus</strong><br /> <br /> "Giang's affecting, powerful recounting of her family's escape from Saigon in 1975 renders a largely unexplored moment in history intimate and urgent."<br /> <strong>—BCCB</strong>. Juvenile Literature. Historical Fiction. Juvenile Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-04-19 20:00:03. Phumiruk, Dow. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4cb138fd-ef19-45db-b08c-0444223e3dce&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4cb138fd-ef19-45db-b08c-0444223e3dce&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4cb138fd-ef19-45db-b08c-0444223e3dce&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)